Mesovelia bila Jaczewski, 1928

Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez, Paiva, Nathália De Oliveira, Magalhães, Oséias Martins, Júnior, Evaldo Alves Joaquim, Martins, Thaynara De Souza, Silva, Rafaella Cardoso Da, Siqueira, Gabriel Vieira, Salles, Frederico Falcão, Viala, Séverine, Khila, Abderrahman & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2023, Descriptions of new species and new records of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) from southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5393 (1), pp. 1-86 : 48

Mesovelia bila Jaczewski, 1928

Figs. 34C , 35C

Diagnosis. Body length 2.5–3.0 mm; middle femur without row of black spinules on posterior surface; male abdominal sternum VI with posteromedial fringe of black spinules; male abdominal sternum VII with two clusters of black spinules ( Spangler 1990).

New records. BRAZIL — Espírito Santo • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande , stream; alt. 49 m; –18.2369, –39.8251; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 2 males, 1 female, CEIOC 82859 • Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande , swamp; alt. 44 m; –18.2692, –39.7814; 25. IV.2023; JMS Rodrigues , NO Paiva, FFF Moreira, IS Medeiros, CL Rodrigues leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 82880 • Sooretama, Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, puddle on the mud; alt. 30 m; −18.9704, −40.1168; 26.VI.2022; JC Santos, JMS Rodrigues, NO Paiva, N Nery, CL Rodrigues leg.; 5 males, 6 females, CEIOC 82208 .— Rio de Janeiro • Macaé, Sana, Sete Quedas Waterfall ; −22.3152, −42.1914; 26. III.2015; FFF Moreira, IRS Cordeiro , JMS Rodrigues, TS Martins leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 17508 • Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca ; −22.9541, −43.2919; alt. 597 m; 06.XII.2016; FFF Moreira, Y Wang leg.; 4 males, CEIOC 81772 • Santa Maria Madalena, Parque Estadual do Desengano, Morumbeca dos Marreiros , Ribeirão do Macapá , Poço do Padre ; −21.8731, −41.9262; 22.X.2016; JF Barbosa, LL Dumas, JL Nessimian leg.; 1 male, CEIOC 81773 .

Distribution in Brazil. ES*, MG, PR, RJ*, SC, SP.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Collected specimens. Gerromorpha, Mesoveliidae. A. Mesoveloidea williamsi, macropterous male from Casimiro de Abreu / Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro (−22.4342, −42.2934). B. Mesovelia amoena, apterous female from Macaé, Rio de Janeiro (−22.3171, −42.1900). C. Mesovelia bila, apterous male from Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro (−21.87311, −41.92627). D. Mesovelia mulsanti, macropterous male from São Mateus, Espírito Santo (−18.7360, −39.7962). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 35. Distribution in southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas. A. Mesoveloidea williamsi. B. Mesovelia amoena. C. Mesovelia bila. D. Mesovelia mulsanti. Stars indicate new records; circles indicate previous records.